Calum Angus

Calum James Angus (born 15 April 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Calum Angus
Angus with Dempo in 2015
Personal information
Full name Calum James Angus[1]
Date of birth (1986-04-15) 15 April 1986
Place of birth Greenwich,[1] England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2000–2004 Portsmouth
2005–2008 Saint Louis Billikens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 St. Louis Lions 8 (2)
2009 Wilmington Hammerheads 4 (1)
2009–2013 GAIS 72 (5)
2013–2014 Pune 21 (2)
2014–2015 Dempo 13 (1)
2016 East Bengal 9 (1)
Total 127 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:53 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Career

Wilmington Hammerheads

Angus was invited to the 2009 MLS Player Combine in Florida for the 2009 MLS SuperDraft.[2] Due to a strong college career, numerous pundits and journalists predicted him to go reasonably high in the draft, so it was a surprise when he went undrafted. Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls offered him a trial, but he declined. However, soon after he signed with USL-2 side Wilmington Hammerheads FC, a team in the 3rd tier of American league soccer.

GAIS

In June 2009 he went on a trial with Swedish side GAIS and on 8 July the club confirmed signing of Angus.[3] Angus made his debut for GAIS against Halmstad BK on 12 July 2009. He came off the bench in the 81st minute and scored the equalizer for GAIS in the 90th minute of the match.[4][5] Angus spent time training with West Ham United at the end of the 2011 Allsvenskan season.[6] GAIS finished in last place and were relegated from the 2012 Allsvenskan. After their relegation the club announced that four of the players who were under contract would be allowed to leave for free, Angus being one of them.[7] As he was unable to find a new club during the winter transfer window he remained at GAIS for the first half of the 2013 Superettan season before eventually leaving at the end of July.[8]

Pune

On 7 August 2013 it was announced that Angus had signed for Pune F.C. of the I-League.[9] He made his debut for the club on 21 September 2013 in the league against Mohammedan S.C. at the Salt Lake Stadium.[10] Then, on 19 October 2013, he scored his first goal for the club against Churchill Brothers in which he found the net in the 52nd minute to give Pune a 1–0 victory.[11] He then scored his second goal of the season in the very next match against Rangdajied United F.C. in which his 29th-minute goal led Pune to another 1–0 victory.[12]

Dempo

Last season, Angus signed for another Indian club Dempo SC.[13]

East Bengal

On season 2016 Angus signed for another Indian club East Bengal FC. He played all the matches in Calcutta Football League where East Bengal won the trophy And also Played In The 2016 Bordoloi Trophy Where He won Best Player of the tournament award. He was released before the start of the I-League and East Bengal FC signed Uganda defensive midfielder Bukenya as his replacement.[14][15]

Career statistics
As of 20 May 2015[16]
Club Season League Cup Other International Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wilmington Hammerheads 2009 USL2410000——41
GAIS 2009 Allsvenskan1630000——163
2010 Allsvenskan300000——30
2011 Allsvenskan2321000——242
2012 Allsvenskan1901000——200
2013 Superettan1100000——110
Total 725200000745
Pune 2013–14 I-League212300051293
Dempo 2014–15 I-League1316000——191
Career total 1109110005112610

References
  1. (in Swedish) "Ny i GAIS: Calum Angus" Archived 31 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine. gais.se. Retrieved on 28 July 2009.
  2. Calum Angus: Sweden is the most beautiful place I have ever lived englishplayersabroad.com
  3. "Två nya spelare klara!" (in Swedish). Gais.se. 8 July 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  4. "Match: GAIS v Halmstad - Swedish Allsvenskanliga - ESPN Soccernet". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  5. "Sport news, live streaming & results".
  6. "Hammers to monitor Calum Angus". 13 December 2011.
  7. "Uppdatering av läget i truppen" (in Swedish). Gais.se. 14 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  8. "Gais lånar Mendes" (in Swedish). Göteborgsposten. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  9. "Pune FC signs up Portsmouth FC academy defender Calum Angus". NDTV Sports. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  10. "MOHAMMEDAN VS. PUNE 1 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  11. "PUNE VS. CHURCHILL BROTHERS 1 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  12. "PUNE VS. RANGDAJIED UNITED 1 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  13. "Dempo SC sign Englishman Calum Angus from Pune FC". Chris. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  14. "I-League: East Bengal sign Ugandan defender Ivan Bukenya". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  15. "East Bengal FC sign Englishman Calum Angus from Dempo FC". Chris. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  16. Calum Angus at Soccerway
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